the weight every immigrant kid carries, page 98 from ‘home body’
it’s not that my parents make me feel guilty, the guilt is just a natural byproduct of having to see them sacrifice wayyyyy too much to give me opportunities 🙃 parent-guilt makes me wanna work hard so i can take care of them, but i also needa chill for a sec, but if i’m not there they probably won’t be able to advocate for themselves since english is their second language, and i get so worried, and then i get unhappy anytime i think they’re unhappy, i think it’s my time to be young wild and free but i’m also parenting my parents bc they’re aging and here we are
i’m stuck in
this constant cycle
of running off to build my life
and running back cause
i feel guilty about not
spending enough time with them
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